COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONAquila is a light-bodied Belgian Farmhouse-style ale with heavy American aroma. Pale, Toasted Wheat and Rye malts are combined with Bravo and Simcoe hops to yield this 7.1% Farmhouse ale! As with all of our Brewers’ Select beers, Aquila will have extremely limited production.

Growler from Joe Canal. Pours orange with a long lasting, foamy white head. Aroma is of orange marmalade, citrusy hops and caramel. Body is medium and crisp. Taste is of orange, citrusy hops, spices, caramel and bready malt, spices. Finish is long, hoppy and spicy. Taste is more like IPA than Saison.

From growler. Thin white head of fine bubbles. Light smoked malts in the aroma with some tobacco and herbal aromas. Not exactly what you would expect in a saison. Color is a dark gold. Dry and pasty mouthfeel with some cardboard, chalky malts, and some rather astringent bitterness. Not a great combination of flavors. As I get further into the brew I do start to detect some spices and yeast overtones but not enough to make up for the weirdness. Not a brew I would recommend. Tasted much better out of the tap when I sampled it at the store.

smells a little like the b/o of your mate after doing it. thats a good thing. slightly hazy. yellow tinted a tad brown. creamy head. goes thin. mild at first but then it builds. as session goes on this saison gets more bitter, hops poking thru. you think it wants to be an ips.

On tap at the Warwick hotel. Lightly cloudy yellow-gold. Aroma is phenolic, light floral orange rind. hint of baking bread and berry. Body is light with prickly, medium-heavy carbonation. Flavor is phenolic citrus leading into a spicy hop bitterness that is a bit much for the style. I wish the American hops were underplayed here, or maybe a very specific single-origin variety was used (Mozaic, the hipster hop, goes well with saison yeast)...

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